head cases before the election commission to investigate allegations of irregularities conducted in at least thirteen or fourteen election areas in liberia election but the election commission did not complete the process but went ahead to announce a runoff between the two leading candidates by the way charles brehm came in third in the vote so he said that would be due process you believe that all these questions need to be exhausted before the election commission can go ahead and announce the date and candidate for the runoff so he prayed that the court should stop the runoff from taking place and prayed that the case should be heard first before any move by the. election commission went ahead and announced the date for the runoff between the two leading contenders and also. importation of materials and distribution of same election materials have started and they have covered at least sixty to seventy percent of which the candidate said it's not right and the court agreed with him today and so what are the implications of all of this argument on the political process. when basically

skin one of the candidates in the last election that due process was not followed before the election commission went ahead to announce a date for the runoff and candidates who are going to participate in that are now for the election as well as announcing that the importation and distribution of election materials for the run of has already commenced the judge said no forced the election commission needs to do that action to do with a complaint brought before it by the candidate of the liberty party now what is not clear at the moment is how how fast the election commission will be able to do that and to the satisfaction of the complainant and whether or not the complainant will still come to this court and file his objections to whatever outcome it will add that there will come from the investigations by the election commission. is saying that there are a lot you know you lot of just in the terms of election and it was wrong for the election commission to go ahead with the runoff and the supreme court to stop the runoff from taking place and that the judges of the supreme court agreed now what

the decision of the election commission the election commission says it will respect the court order we. are ready. for this matter and resume immediately and i. and vice president joseph are due to face each other in the second round vote what . is the judgment will effect the country's transfer of power. to be sworn in by mid january next year and some liberians wonder if the election commission can resolve the complaint before it and still go ahead with a runoff. if there are no father legal challenges petitioners indicate that there are as they question the ability of the election to hold a free and credible vote they considering going back to the top court again that's so mean that the supreme court would order a rerun we will book it in for the. election commission and the recounting of a new commission which could mean that liberians may have to wait a bit longer to get a new president. prominent egyptian human rights lawyer says he'll challenge president of the c.c. in next year's presidential election the opposition leader rose to prominence after bringing a case against the

election. cycle of fled the country setting in security and threaten say that electoral commission cannot provide free and fair elections you went to the supreme court challenging the results of the august eighth elections the supreme court in its verdict agreed with some of the issues you had raised in court and nullified the elections but again in its verdict said it is the current electoral commission as constituted would be holding the elections in sixty days you knew what you were getting into from the onset mr odinga didn't you know there's a direct and the electoral commission to do a repeat porn. in line with the constitution and the laws of the country and to address the legalities and the regular duties which had been discovered but they were not specific in saying who should be blamed and who should handle but they say the current electoral commission should organize elections within sixty days correct in sixty days in accordance with the rules and to have burst irregularities and illegalities. so now the did to us now live to the election commission and we had then to fight those duti

well both are also both are true facebook has been resisting the federal election commission for about six years there's a bloomberg story on that a fact that i read this morning that's actually quite revealing the last time the federal election commission which regulates this thing voted to try to impose some restrictions like this on facebook it was a three to three so there is now public comment period that is that members of the public like anyone watching in the united states can can make their voices heard on this issue and say whether or not they'd like facebook to be subject to the same rules as the t.v. stations of the newspapers they are the public square now facebook and twitter and everyone else they they always try to resist regulation partially because they argue that any regulation gets in the way of innovation when you hear a company general counsel or a c.e.o. say we take this or that very seriously like they did in the hearings today it means are trying very hard to to avoid having something imposed upon them you know and so i don't i think the political will is there

well both are also both are true facebook has been resisting the federal election commission for about six years as a bloomberg story on that a fact that i read this morning that's actually quite revealing the last time the federal election commission which regulates this thing voted to try to impose some restrictions like this on facebook it was a total of three to three so there is now a public comment period that is that members of the public like anyone watching in the united states can can make their voices heard on this issue and say whether or not they'd like facebook to be subject to the same rules as the t.v. stations of the newspapers they are the public square now facebook and twitter and everyone else they they always try to resist regulation partly because they argue that any regulation gets in the way of.

supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations for the election to go on. an american woman accused of insulting zimbabwe's president robert mugabe on twitter has been charged with subversion marta o'donovan who works for madame the t.v. was detained in a darn raid on her home in harare she faces up to twenty years in prison after tweeting that mccarthy was quote a selfish and sick man united nations in colombia has signed an agreement aimed at disrupting the country's burning cocaine business it's all part of peace efforts to train the government and park rebels who long control of the drug trade there alison tarabay reports it's the largest deal colombia ever signed with the un's office on drugs and crime colombia will hand over to the u.n. agency more than three hundred million u.s. dollars over four years in exchange the country receives assistance in its efforts to encourage farmers away from growing coca the basic ingredient for cocaine by replacing it with legal crops l

should consider looking at the possibility of doing a rerun of the election itself now the election commission suspended all activities that we training of election start as well as the distribution of crucial voting materials to all regions in liberia because of this case now the question on the minds of liberians is that while the decision of the court in part on the handover date how will it affect the transition what will little arbiter of people sleep they go ahead with the election are we seeing a transitional government or what will happen they're going to vote for a president who will freeze legal action in court as the generally handover date yes these are the questions many liberians are asking right now and a blow to venezuela's government the fitch ratings agency has cut its credit rating for the country's foreign debt that decision comes after president nicolas maduro had called for a creditors meeting to renegotiate one hundred fifty dollars of repayments fitch says it cut the long term debt rating to see from c.c. based on that call do it all and venezuela's history of missed pa

supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations are in place for the election to go on. the u.n. says more than a million russians have now fled persecution in me and many are living in camps in neighboring bangladesh but hundreds of managed to find a new home in the u.s. as refugees so with the support of family and friends one of the largest concentrations of a hidden jet there is in chicago as john hendren explains half a world away from me m r hundreds of real hinges have found a distant refuge in america's midwest but for many like abdul-jabbar a manilla their thoughts are at home their relatives and pictures and videos of their villages on fire used to make me very sad and i mean even though i'm here in safety in internet history even i'm. going to sit in here so i feel not happy some four hundred families about fifteen hundred people have moved here to chicago in the city's rohingya cultural center they gather for help in applying for jobs and get medical advice they als

supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations i place for the election to go on argentina's former vice president's been arrested on corruption charges a model builder who is the second. when the government of president cristina kirchner detention he is accused of racketeering and money laundering to isabel is following events in the capital when. he was arrested early in the morning argentina's former vice president. was taken away by the police at an upscale neighborhood of one a site is accused of corruption and money laundering. justice is being done. to cut the wings suspected of committing crimes try to hide their wrongdoing and complicate the case and that was decided in that he was called over. who investigated or suspected of corruption. fifty five year old economist faces three charges of what is formally term does elicit in richmond view accusations date back to two thousand and nine when he was cristina fernandez the economy minister. two years later he became arg

should consider looking at the possibility of doing a rerun of the election itself now the election commission suspended all activities that we training of elections stop as well as the distribution of crucial voting materials to all the regions in liberia because of this case now the question on the minds of liberians is that the decision of the court in part on the handover date how will it affect the transition what will people see they go ahead with the election we see a transitional government what will happen they are going to vote for a president who will freeze legal action in court as the general re handover date yes these are the questions many liberians are asking right now in mexico has made its biggest on shore oil discovery in fifteen years president enrique pena nieto says the fuel discovered by the state oil company pemex could contain around one and a half billion barrels of crude the site is close to existing infrastructure and that should make development costs low. has just made a significant discovery of an oil and gas reserve in the coastal open in very crude south a very

on till a legal complaint by the opposition liberty party is resolved the national lexers elections commission will now need to consider allegations of voter fraud the runoff between former international footballer george way and vice president joseph walker i was originally set for tuesday. iraq's highest court has declared that all provinces can break away it's in response to september's couldst secession referendum the central government in baghdad had legal clarification after what it called a misinterpretation of the constitution by kurdish leaders stephanie decker has the latest from the hook the office of the iraqi prime minister has issued a statement where the kurdistan regional government to clarify their position when it comes to that supreme court ruling basically also them to clarify what their intention is on secession which of course the supreme court has ruled is on constitutional this is all in reference to that controversial referendum held on september the twenty fifth it wasn't legally binding but the results the message that it showed ninety three percent of three million

for tuesday the ruling was made to allow the elections commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the fast around. trillions of dollars squirrelled away abroad by the rich and powerful a new document leaked of the paradise papers exposes the tricks used by the zero point one percent to hide their money from the tax man also coming up it started off as a sprint to the finish line well now the race is over without a winner telecoms firm sprint and toti mobile call off them and. one finger in the future forget your credit card one shop just outside london is letting its customers pay with just think. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update governments around the world are scrambling to investigate as the so-called paradise papers expose tax dodging on a massive scale the e.u. now says the document leaks have placed a renewed emphasis on fighting tax avoidance they could press forward with plans to make a blacklist of tax havens among the millions of documents evidence that some of the world's richest individuals and businesses are doing whatever they can to hide their c

supreme court has postponed a presidential runoff election shuttle for tuesday to allow the elections commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the first round football star george where vice-president of jersey came first and second but neither took enough votes to win outright. place of release the photo of the man suspected of killing twenty six people and injuring dozens more to texas church yesterday devon patrick kelly died of a self-inflicted gun wound after fleeing the scene u.s. air force said to carry was. charge for beating his family investigators have said the gunman's a motive appears to be domestic local media reports of the day his in-laws sometimes worship at the church in southern springs this is the deadliest mass shooting in texas history. correspondent michael nigga is in front of the first baptist church in substances springs texas so welcome michael there's just been a press conference what did we learn. you know well there's there. are a. lot of the missing situation and the possible motive for the gunman. have probably been reading text. mother in law. and all of

they said that they were told by the election commission they were allowed to do that, and that seemsechnically, i don't know, not being a lawyer, but if they were selling illegal going on, here, somebody could go to court and said runners again. i'm not saying that i would agree... these are not stories that excite you over your brexit tomorrow, are they? cyber slackers might. to be fed to them, they're talking about western productivity coming here, notjust british productivity. the idea being that there is a crisis of attention in there is a crisis of attention in the workplace. ever ready is so busy checking whatsapp and instagram and so checking whatsapp and instagram and so on, duty this is true?|j checking whatsapp and instagram and so on, duty this is true? i think we spent too much time on our phones. but who is out there tweeting that we we re but who is out there tweeting that we were going to be doing this? me. ijust wonder if we were going to be doing this? me. i just wonder if this is a we were going to be doing this? me. ijust wonder if this is a slightly a side issue t

national elections commission has told. new supreme court was investigating allegations of fraud in the. way one of the current vice president. in one. military judge not. to prison for his post in afghanistan in two thousand and. fourteen years in jail for endangering. him was captured by the taliban and spent five years. a maltese journalist who was killed in an apparent assassination last month has been laid to rest close to a whole town daphne talana dollars in her son's carried her coffin out of the church after the funeral mass over fifteen hundred people turned out to pay their respects as prime ministers and the family denies his request to attend the funeral colleague lizzie was a fierce critic of the prime minister a lesser player a day of national mourning. of loss i'm joined now by journalist matthew i.d.'s in the lot of us the capital of malta better thanks for being with us what does this funeral mean for people in malta well the funeral itself is it was it was a standard christian you know you know not open t

supreme court has postponed a presidential runoff election scheduled for tuesday to allow the elections commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the first round soccer star george weah and vice president joseph boll ca and placed first and second in the vote but neither garnered enough votes to win outright. vietnam has been hit my heavy flooding after a powerful typhoon killed at least forty four people and left more than a dozen missing more than one hundred thousand homes in the country's south central region have been destroyed or damaged. ten trillion dollars is still up to weigh in offshore accounts governments around the world are scrambling to investigate the european union now says the paradise papers have placed a renewed emphasis on fighting tax avoidance they could press forward with plans to make a blacklist of tax havens among the millions of documents evidence that some of the world's richest individuals and businesses are doing what they can you guessed it to hide their cash from the tax man. the queen of england is there the rock star bono to american firms apple facebook

one more year that is what the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission has demanded to prepare an election that was already a year overdue the opposition had merely rejected the process in the face of this relentless abuse of power joseph kabila and his servant the country's electoral commission have declared war on the congolese people. president joseph kabila was supposed to step down in december after fifteen years in power his refusal to go provoked months of violence and protests in the capital kinshasa which killed dozens the catholic church brokered a deal could be look at stay one year more organize elections and never hold power again now the combined opposition are blaming both the president and the electoral commission for the delay it's going to come up to the are we saying there won't be an election no but we have to find mechanisms that lead to these elections and that is what we're trying to do night and day seventy million congolese live in a nation almost the size of europe with poor roads and little power to run registration machines the commission says it requires months

federal election commission act, was that violated when she got the dossier via her lawyer from russia? revisiting the espionage act in the classified information exchange, obstruction of justice when her associates beat blackberries with hammers. of course, bribery statutes for uranium one, these are just a few. i could fill the entirety of your program with more. there are a lot of statutes to look at to see if hillary clinton violated them. the president wants this investigated. he is right to say the doj should get on top of this. >> harris: also get on top of the idea that the democrats may not have seen a fair shake if they were on bernie sanders side. he's not saying he wants to weigh in on what happened behind the scenes other than, where there any crimes committed there with the way the dnc was spending money against one candidate? he wants out looked at, what do you make of it? >> that's exactly right. there are limitations on how much an individual can give a candidate. there are reasons for those limitations. hillary clinton was having money funneled to her campaign through

the group, llc, represent the independent national election commission for a fee of $35,000. is is a red flag. the message is the electoral commission cares more about what the u.s. government is or does while showing contempt for the congolese opinion. while they almost never meet to update the electoral process they're spending millions of dollars in the u.s. and congo on frequent travels and expensive lobbying effort in candidates. this is un7thible. he should be held accountable on the sanctions list. >> the oldest body has been holding hearings for years. i feel we are all accomplices, and these hearings will remain abstract deductions. >> your committee has been considering six months. now is the time to show resolve forcefully and much more stronger. i think i will stop here and wait for q&a. thank you very much. >> thank you. i was reading your bio-. i think you probably speak more languages than the rest of the room combined which is unusual for a marine. i was an army guy. thank you. without objection the full remarks of all witnesses will be entered into the record

liberia's national elections commission has told reuters that the presidential election runoff will be delayed. the supreme court is currently investigating allegations of fraud in the first round. george we won that vote. big news or apple today; -- big news for apple today. >> stocks surged another new high today. the new release of its latest iphone, the 10, which is expected to break sales records. that, and profits last quarter but the company's markets cap at almost $900 billion. >> the images are practically identical all over the world. there's a countdown, customers burst in when the stores open. they put down a pile of money, and leave you fark -- euphoric. >> i want to go home, get some rest, and enjoy the phone. >> it's the date that i wait for each year. for 11 years, since the first iphone, i lineup to have the latest in the range in products. whether it's the watch, the ipad, the mac. i bought three iphone x's so my whole family can enjoy them. >> the latest iphone has an eight to display, and uses facial recognition technology. otherwise, it doesn't seem to be the leap

supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations are in place for the election to go on. land mines and unexploded bombs are still being discovered in residential and farming areas of south sudan the weapons are largely from the war with sudan which ended in two thousand and five but with the country now in its own civil war there are more threats to the morgan has more from the capital juba. all his been hoping to do was dig the soil for farming to sustain himself instead martin ago says he found something else not far from his house having it in the bin and. i started forming this year and while i was digging i fell in the land mine are reported to the chief of the village and they took it without incident i continue with digging and again filling another learn more in the land mines are just some of the more than thirty one thousand anti-personnel mines discovered in south sudan since two thousand and five they were planted during the country's twenty one year civil war when

supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations i place for the election to go on . home calls for missing a politician has avoided convictions on a bribery charge after jewry returned a hunger addict for a second. in time david sanger chief executive between two thousand and five and two thousand and twelve is already out on bail after being found guilty of misconduct in april and son's future remains uncertain with the potential for a retrial reports now from rome. he was noted by prince charles for his role as finance secretary guarding hong kong's money reserves through the last two years as a british colony his popularity saw him elected chief executive in twenty five he served two terms in the top job it was his conduct between twenty ten and twenty twelve that led to his fall from grace the once popular civil servant became the focus of a three year investigation by the independent commission against corruption it found he accepted five years from tycoons while in the to

the election commission maintains the october election was credible but it meets the legal challenge of set back its preparations for the run of between former football star george ware and the incumbent vice president joyce of pork i we already distributed our material both sensitive and i said it when ballot papers at least up to sixty seventy percent of the country. so a dig cannot have us doing all that besides we were still. workers. so those things can happen in a day's time. the commission says conducted the election immediately after the court's ruling will depend on the level of preparation of other partners like the security services and international support. observers within and outside liberia i watch it closely to see how the judgement on monday will affect not only the vote but they visit democratic transition in general. i'll just morrow via. the u.s. has called on me. safe and stable environment so that more than six hundred thousand refugees can return home members of the muslim minority fled to bangladesh after myanmar's military launched a crackdown a move the un

now liberia's national elections commission has told the reuters news news agency that the presidential election brought off scheduled for november seventh will be delayed the supreme court is currently investigating allegations of fraud related to the first round of voting former soccer star george weah won that round he is due to face the current vice president joseph. in the runoff vote. now let's talk to charles brown skin from liberia's liberty party his party came in third in the first round of voting and submitted those allegations of fraud mr brown's can thank you very much for joining us on our program why are you challenging are the results from the first round. hello mr brown skinned can you hear us. yes someone we know. mr ramsey are you great mr brown's going to the question we want to ask is why are you challenging the results from the first round what we like to work really big. thousands and thousands of liberians which is their constitutional right to all those frauds that's a fraud committed all over the country and this gross irregularities the election commission. ar

of election material was suspended training of election officials was also suspended so the election commission here will need more time to do all this to deliver materials to. counties in liberia train election officials to deal with all these problems and that will take a lot of time probably will see these elections shifted by at least another seven days or so many thanks very much from liberia. still to come. under water. and i'm on this island detention center. a world away from the violence. in the u.s. and ramping up security how preparing for sunday's new york marathon after this week's attack. hello no the parts of the middle east could see some wet weather over the next couple of days ago some clouds and rain in our forecast you can see this line of cloud just stretching out over iraq around the caspian sea northern areas of iraq pushing right up into was back down south of that dry. a lot of the showers been pushing out as he crosses cyprus joining up with some wetter weather this been easing across the north of syria into those northern sections of iran then system weather certainly

one more year that is what the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission has demanded to prepare an election that was already a year overdue the opposition had merely rejected the process in the face of this relentless abuse of power joseph kabila and his servant the country's electoral commission have declared war on the congolese people. president joseph kabila was supposed to step down in december after fifteen years in power his refusal to go provoked months of violence and protests in the capital kinshasa which killed dozens the catholic church brokered a deal could be look at stay one year more organize elections and never hold power again now the combined opposition are blaming both the president and the electoral commission for the delay it's going to come up to the are we saying there won't be an election no but we have to find mechanisms that lead to these elections and that is what we're trying to do night and day seventy million congolese live in a nation almost the size of europe with poor roads and little power to run registration machines the commission says it requires months

court told to preparations it will rule on monday on a petition filed against the national election commission by the liberty party candidate who came in third and has more from liberia's capital monrovia. one of the presidential aspirants in the october tenth election mr charles brehm skin is asking the court to stop the runoff from taking place on tuesday and that was the case the supreme court in the building behind me a listen to on friday afternoon whatever the decision of the court on monday next week it will definitely impact on the conduct of the runoff of the current if the court decides that the runoff should continue but mr brown skin is actually asking for the cancellation of the runoff and of course the court should consider looking at the possibility of doing a rerun of the election itself now the election commission suspended all activities that we training of election stop as well as the distribution of crucial voting materials to all regions in liberia because of this case now the question on the minds of liberians is that while the decision of the court in part on the handove

take in the city of darryl's or islamic states last major stronghold there liberia's national elections commission has told reuters that the presidential election runoff that was scheduled for november seventh will be delayed the supreme court is currently investigating allegations of fraud in the first round former soccer star george we won the vote he's due to face the current vice president joseph but walking in the water. big news for apple today funny you've got the latest on that thank you very much indeed a tech giant stocks surged to another new high today it's going to size of course to dilute release of its latest i phone the ten which is expected to break sales records that in profits last quarter now put the american companies market cap at almost nine hundred billion dollars. the images are practically identical all over the world. there is a countdown. customers burst in when the doors finally opening stores in london tokyo and paris they put down a pile of money and leave at the student for ik. i think i want to go home get some rest and enjoy the phone. it's the day that i wait for

that a fact that i read this morning that's actually quite revealing the last time the federal election commission which regulates this thing voted to try to impose some restrictions like this on facebook it was a three to three so there is now a public comment period that is that members of the public like anyone watching in the united states can can make their voices heard on this issue and say whether or not they'd like facebook to be subject to the same rules as the t.v. stations in the newspapers they are the public square now facebook and twitter and everyone else they they always try to resist regulation partially because they argue that any regulation gets in the way of innovation when you hear a company general counsel or a c.e.o. say we take this or that very seriously like they did in the hearings today it means are trying very hard to to avoid having something imposed upon them yeah and so i don't i think the political will is there's definitely strengthening will be interesting is if congress can pass this bill and whether or not the president will sign it because of the president sig

the election commissions just announced election cannot be held until sometime in late 2018. we were told by ambassador nikki about december of 2018 at how often have we seen those timelines slip and then we will be in 2015 at a think she very clear in yesterdays briefing that the art and abundance of sanctions, almost like a sort of damocles that were held over the heads of those again were pushed to delay and i think that's very real and hope it's very compelling pressureho to ensure to do exacy what they say they would do because this is what the people of the dr congo want to it when a free election at the what to choose the next leader. paul sevigny get the majority of congolese what the government to intervene replaced by a transitional government until a new one can be elected. we don't't take sides would you want free and fair will to make sure the peoples will prevails. during conflict hotspots in eastern drc have seen recent flips and i would note parenthetically back in 2000 i traveled with my good friend and chieff of staff great simkins ad we saw on the ground an

supreme court has postponed a presidential runoff election shuttle for tuesday to allow the elections commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the first round football star george will and vice president joseph block a boycott came first and second in the vote but neither took enough votes to win outright. and police in the united states are investigating a mass shooting that left twenty six dead at a church in texas witnesses say victims include a pregnant woman and children as young as five police say the gunman fled the scene and took his own life after a short car chase sunday's tragedy in a small texas town has opened another chapter in the long running debate over easy access to guns in america. a candlelight vigil for the victims of the fatal shooting at the first baptist church of sutherland springs residents of this small texas community struggle to make sense of what happened. here you are here. you. heard. right here authorities say twenty six people were killed and about twenty others were wounded sunday after a man dressed in black combat gear opened fire inside the church

next tuesday the supreme court will rule on monday on a petition filed against the national election commission by the liberal party candidate who came in third there so the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post keep it or. it's u.s. president donald trump visit to asia the goal is to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact could this visit really have we'll be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage on al-jazeera. it is a landmark moment in the investigation russian. action for you don't want time during which rain they could get. around. my area no. hello i'm richard yes but if you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week indictments in washington and the russia factor in the trump election story it's a ball of confusion that's what the white house wants and what some news outlets deliver loading up with rubber bullets journalists at one newspaper in moscow will be issued guns to protect themselves the aftermath of the referendum in kurdistan see

the laws related to a declaration a candidate makes before contesting elections before the election commissiones in the finality of the prophet muhammad. that declaration was slightly changed, there was a change of wording. instead of i declare, it was written that i believe. which created all this uproar. the parliament picked it up quite early and within the week new legislation was passed and business day, which the government says is a clerical mistake, was corrected. but this small religious group which came into being only last year says there was a big agenda behind the change and the minister must go. any chance he will be dismissed? so far the government has strongly resisted this demand, saying it will open a floodgate of similar demands by other groups which would come to islamabad and start demanding the resignation of ministers. they believe there is a hidden agenda behind this group which wants to dismantle this government, which is already under a lot of pressure is because prime minister nawaz sharif had to step down because of corruption allegations and still faces charges. at

help this country from our government, the national election commission has conducted an election described as through peaceful transparency. the winning candidate announced he will legislate against fgm as a consequence of a british campaigner. >> an important issue. this government is pleased that the work we have done in somalia to ensure that we can see those elections taking place. we continue to do that. i'm very pleased to hear of the intention to deal with the issue of female genital just genital mutilation -- female genital mutilation. >> thank you. a couple in my constituency have had their application for universal credit delayed because the mom does not have photo id. she cannot afford a passport and can does not drive. they have to wait for her dentist and dr. to provide identification. with all the other chaos of universal credit, will the prime minister show some common sense legacy over universal credit so these unnecessary delays don't give my constituents more pain and suffering? >> i am sure she will appreciate it. it is those entitled who are receiving them. we continue

for tuesday the ruling was made to allow the elections commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the foster and. it has happened again a shooting massacre in the u.s. twenty six people gunned down inside a small texas church. there just were speed why would you attack them on something say on the sunday when their defense puts. defenseless tonight disbelief in america for the u.s. president this is a tragedy that's all in our heads a mental health problem at the highest level. but this isn't a guns situation tonight trump once again refuses to pull the trigger on talk about gun control i'm bored often berlin this is the day. as a state we are dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history. this active evil occurred as the victims and their families were in their place of sacred worship in this country living chancellor in the entire german government alone with the people of southern and sprigs hymn of the good pizza to me firstly i would like to express my condolences to the victims of that painful incident in texas. my home goes out to those injured today and

decisions to terminate daca, to end transgender service in the military, and to establish an election integrity commission based on the lie that 3.5 million voted illegally in the last election. his tenure and views in the trump administration raise important questions about his independence and moderation, particularly on a court that will likely hear cases related to the very same issues he worked on in the white house. he appears to be another example of the republican majority pushing judges from a political extreme of their party as a way of advancing their interests in lieu of a legislative agenda which has floundered. i will vote on his familiar noition and urge -- nomination and i urge allle my colleagues to -- all of my colleagues to do

the election commission has just announced that elections cannot be held until late 2018. we were told by nikki haley, they're talking about december 2018. how often have we seen those time lines slip? and then we would be in 2019, i think she made it very clear, in yesterday's briefing that there are an abundance of sanctions, that would hold over the heads of those who again would push to delay, i think that's very real, and i hope is very compelling pressure to ensure that they do exactly what they say they would do. this is what the people of the d.r. congo want, they want a free and fair election, they want to choose their next leader. they want kabilla's government to end and be replaced by a transitional government until a new within can be elected. we don't take sides, but we want free and fair, and we want to make sure the people's will are prevailed. >> they have seen recent flairups. back in 2005 i travelled to doma and we saw on the ground and met many of the people who had been raped, sexually abused. but we also, like with africa, compassion an organization t

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no one elected the members of these commissions. no real accountability to congress or to the president. yet some senators want to power to o them the select or reject candidates for lifetime appointments to the bench.l and who are the typical members of these commissions? the very lawyers who will be the judges efore they have been tasked with selecting. that's the outsourcing problem real.'s very there is american bar association. [grumblings] to told you i was going come back to the good stuff. whatsoever in le the president trump -- [applause] >> enough said. [laughter] obstacles we're very pleased with the quality and pace of our nominations, hen the president took office there were over a hundred federal judicial vague can sis supreme court in. 10 months the president had nominated over 70 judges. confirmed, nearly 50 are currently pending in the senate. dozens more are in the process nominated shortly, early next year we expect a significant number of additional nominations. we know how important these appointments are to you

i had my own encounter during my tenure at the federal election commission. it was clear that due process was a foreign concept concept and i was quite vocal about that. businesses were being cutted in secret, and the agency really liked publicly available procedures that govern both the commission and its staff. the idea of ensuring that those accused of wrongdoing had a meaningful opportunity to be heard by the commission was an to many. to make matters worse some staffers viewed them as independent of the president. according to these folks they had authority to make decisions devoid of any statutory let alone constitutional authority. think about that. the status as an independent agency, as part of what some call the fourth branch is already under article 2 in the constitution and the supreme court had he will that the original structure was unconstitutional in in a case. somehow it was insulated and was under no obligation and the commission itself went to far. in their mind they were a fifth branch of the government independent from the independent age

no one elected the members of these commissions. they have no real accountability to congress or to the president. yet some senators want to delegate to them the power to select or reject candidates for lifetime appointments to the federal bench. and who are the typical members of these commissions? the very lawyers who will be practicing before the judges they have been tasked with selecting. that's the outsourcing problem and it's very real. then there is american bar association. [booing] mr. mcgahn: i told you i was going to come back to the good stuff. [laughter] mr. mcgahn: the ada has no role whatsoever in the president 's -- [applause] mr. mcgahn: enough said. [laughter] mr. mcgahn: despite these obstacles, we're very pleased with the quality and pace of our nominations. when the president took office, there were over a hundred federal judicial vacancies, including the supreme court. in 10 months, the president had nominated over 70 judges to fill those vacancies. 14 have been confirmed, nearly 50 are currently pending in th